Photos: Christmas Eve in typhoon-ravaged Philippines

TED ALJIBE, AFP/Getty Images12.24.2013

Residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan decorate a giant lantern amongst the debris from destroyed houses in the coastal area of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.

TED ALJIBE
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A galvanized iron roof blown away by strong winds at the height of Super Typhoon Haiyan hangs in a tree weeks after the storm in the coastal city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Hundreds of residents queue up to buy cakes and bread for the traditional Christmas Eve dinner in the Super Typhoon Haiyan-devastated city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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A boy has a bath in front of a giant lantern (in background) erected by residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan amongst the debris in the coastal area of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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A sign is displayed by residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan amongst the debris of destroyed houses in the town of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013 a day before Christmas Day. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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A resident and survivor of Super Typhoon Haiyan decorates a makeshift Christmas tree made up of plastic bottles and displayed along a street in the coastal area of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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A cargo ship swept ashore at the height of Super Typhoon Haiyan still rest amongst debris and destroyed houses weeks after the storm in the coastal city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan decorate a makeshift Christmas tree made up of plastic bottles and displayed along a street in the coastal area of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Children observe from a destroyed house a cargo ship swept ashore at the height of Super Typhoon Haiyan as it still sits amongst debris and destroyed houses weeks after the storm in the coastal city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Residents and survivors of the Super Typhoon Haiyan prepare to slaughter a pig on Christmas Eve in the coastal city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan head home after attending a dawn mass inside a makeshift chapel on Christmas Eve in the town of Palo, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan decorate a giant lantern amongst the debris from destroyed houses in the coastal area of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan decorate a giant lantern amongst the derbis from destroyed houses in the coastal area of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Children play next to a cargo ship (L) swept ashore at the height of Super Typhoon Haiyan as it still sits amongst debris and destroyed houses weeks after the storm in the coastal city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Catholic priest Monsignor Bernardo Pantin (R-light top) conducts a dawn mass inside a makeshift chapel on Christmas Eve in the town of Palo, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Residents and survivors of Super Typhoon Haiyan rebuild their destroyed house in the coastal city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013, on the eve of Christmas. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Catholic priest Monsignor Bernardo Pantin (R) conducts a dawn mass inside a makeshift chapel on Christmas Eve in the town of Palo, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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Residents and survivors of the Super Typhoon Haiyan slaughter a pig on Christmas Eve in the coastal city of Tacloban, Leyte province, on December 24, 2013. Philippine survivors of one of the strongest typhoons to hit land defiantly got ready December 24, to celebrate Christmas atop their ruined communities. Haiyan’s ferocious 315 kilometres (195 miles) an hour winds flattened the gritty neighbourhood on Tacloban’s coast, called Magallanes, then swept up everything else with giant waves in a day of terror on November 8.TED ALJIBE
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